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An Entire Town Bathed In Pulsing Human Blood! Madmen Crazed For Carnage! See more »

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Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War. Full summary » | Add synopsis »

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Director Herschell Gordon Lewis novelized his screenplay into a tie-in book, the original edition of which is now in high demand by collectorsSee more »

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Anachronisms: The mayor has been in limbo for 100 years since the civil war, yet he makes a paper aeroplane and in the classic school boy manner. There is no way he can know how to do this.See more »

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Tom White:Has it occurred to you that nobody has told us what this centennial is all about? Now, this is 1965, and a hundred years ago it was 1865, right? So, what happened in 1865? Terry Adams:It was the ending of Civil War. The war between states! Tom White:Well then you tell me why would a southern town want northerners as guests of honor at the centennial. It must has something to do with what happened a hundred years ago. So, something is very wrong with this town.See more »

In 1963, Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman released the first
"gore" film ever made into theatres: BLOOD FEAST. The movies shocking
violence and gore effects attracted people from all over, and the movie
was a huge success. Needless to say, Lewis and Friedman were both
anxious to make the next movie, but in order to keep the audiences
attention and interest, they wanted to make the next one a better
movie, and of course, make it "gorier." They succeeded.

Two Thousand Maniacs begins with a group of so called "Yankees" who,
while driving across the state, end up in a small hick town with only
two thousand citizens. The hillbilly and somewhat hyper citizens of
this small town congratulate the Yankees, saying that they have been
chosen as the special guests of a big event that is taking place in the
town. The Yankees get set up in free hotel rooms, and are promised free
meals. Little do they know, they are in a town which consists of Two
Thousand Maniacs who are blood thirst and have plans to kill them all
just for the fun of it.

Unlike "Blood Feast," the violence factor in Two Thousand Maniacs takes
a little while to kick in. However, when the gore does hit, it is quite
a bit heavier then the violence in the previous film. There is no way
that anyone could say that this film is "Extremely Gory" when comparing
it to movies that have come out since, but it is without a doubt the
most shocking and graphic film of it's time. Now only that, but the
brilliant screenplay that was written by Herschell Gordon Lewis has
many creative and well-thought death scenes in it.

This movie doesn't try to take itself quite as serious as "Blood Feast"
did, which makes it more enjoyable to watch. The beautiful Connie Mason
returns now obviously playing a different character, and her acting
skills seem to have improved. Another "Blood Feast" star who came back
to star in the second gore film is the very talented William Kerwin aka
Thomas Wood. Fans of "Blood Feast" should enjoy seeing the two of them
on screen once again.

Another person, whose skills seem to have improved from Blood Feast to
Two Thousand Maniacs, is Herschell Gordon Lewis himself. I am a big fan
of Blood Feast, but when watching it, there are obvious flaws in the
direction. But with this film, HGL proved that he was indeed a great
filmmaker, and that obvious talent traveled into his future films as
well. While Two Thousand Maniacs wasn't as successful as Blood Feast,
it still brought in enough money for HGL to direct many more
afterwards.

This is Herschell Gordon Lewis' favorite film out of all of his OLD
movies, and mine as well, all though it is my personal opinion that his
film BLOOD FEAST 2: ALL YOU CAN EAT, which he made in the early 2000s,
was better then any of his older films.

Recommended to any and all horror fans. Get the junk food and the
popcorn out, sit back, and enjoy this great cult classic. You're in for
a treat!

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